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Brandon and Kristin Blackwell of Walnut Ridge have announced the birth of a daughter, born June 19, 2008, at St. Bernards in Jonesboro. The baby weighed eight pounds and three ounces and has been named Abbey Falon Blackwell.

She has thee siblings, Shelby, eight, Zoey, four, and Dakota, two.

Grandparents are Benny Blackwell, Danny and Betty Stiemel and Jeff Callahan, all of Pocahontas, and Becky Malden of Portia.

Great-grandparents are Paul and Kathryn Callahan of Pocahontas and Bill and Shirley Williams of Black Rock.

Parker and Amanda Crum of Tallequah, Okla., have announced the birth of a daughter on June 24 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. The baby weighed six pounds, seven ounces and has been named Olivia Peyton Crum.

Grandparents are Donnie and Joyce Roberts of Hoxie, John and Karen Crum of Walnut Ridge and Gordon and Carole Lenninger of Jonesboro.

She is the great-granddaughter of Della Moore of Hoxie and Irene Roberts and Junior Crum, both of Walnut Ridge.

Brandon and Keisha House of Pocahontas have announced the birth of a son, born June 12, 2008, at St. Bernards in Jonesboro. The baby weighed seven pounds, 12 ounces, and has been named Brayden Michael House.

Grandparents are Mike and Sue Patterson and Dennis Bellah and Robin Cook, all of Pocahontas.

Great-grandparents are Wanda Cook and Bob and Lenda Bellah, all of Walnut Ridge.

Anthony and Rachel Maple of O�Kean have announced the birth of a daughter, born June 16, 2008, at St. Bernards in Jonesboro. The baby weighed seven pounds, three ounces and has been named Frances Grace Maple.

She has two brothers, Tanner, nine, and Caleb, 16 months; and two sisters, Lilly, eight, and Anna Claire, five.

Grandparents are Lisa Kemp, Steve Pugh of Jonesboro, and Buck and Donna Greer, all of Jonesboro, and Debbie Maple of Brookland and the late Donald Maple.

Great-grandparents are Dr. Charles Kemp, Peggy Ake, and E.B. and Pauline Combs, all of Jonesboro, and Ocie Tate of Brookland.

Erick and Tashena Tate of Walnut Ridge have announced the birth of a son on June 18, 2008, at St. Bernards in Jonesboro. The baby weighed eight pounds and seven ounces and has been named Brogan Darrell Tate.

Grandparents are Mark and Christine Tate of Walnut Ridge, Tony Matthews of Lynn, and Ken and Karen Hobba of New Orleans.

Great-grandparents are Celeste Tate of Walnut Ridge, Doris Matthews of Lynn and Bobby and Janna Neal of Sedgwick.

David Ray Bryant, 59, of Black Rock, died June 25, 2008, at Baptist Health Hospital in Little Rock.

Born Dec. 31, 1948, at Holly Springs, Miss., he was the son of James (Jiggs) and Helen Sanders Bryant. He was a Vietnam War veteran, a carpenter and was of the Assembly of God belief.

Survivors include his wife, Candice Bryant; two sons, Jamie Bryant and wife Leslie, Imboden, and Dave Bryant, Portia; a daughter, Kathryn Simpson and husband Jim, Holly Grove; and three grandchildren.

Graveside service was Monday at 2 p.m. at Parks Cemetery with Revs. Bobby Sanders and Ed Gregory officiating. Military honors were provided by Promberger-Traw VFW Post #4556 of Pocahontas. Bryan Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.

Funeral is today at 10 a.m. at the Strawberry Church of Christ with Don House and Charles Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Little-Jerusalem Cemetery at Strawberry under the direction of House-Gregg Funeral Home of Lynn.

Born Aug. 12, 1926, in Dunklin County, Mo., he was the son of David and Annie Beaton House. He was a minister for the Church of the Nazarene, including serving as pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Walnut Ridge in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He also worked for social services and child welfare in Arkansas and Ohio.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Higgins House, on July 25, 2005, whom he married June 26, 1953, in Malden, Mo.

A memorial service was held Monday at 6 p.m. at the Faith Assembly of God Church at Old Walnut
Ridge with Sister Betty Williams and Rev. Ralph Riddle officiating. Bryan Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.

Born June 1, 1935, in Fulton County, he was the son of Tillman B. and Lottie Rosier Shrable. He moved to Lawrence County in early life and was a foreman and lineman for Entergy and was of the Protestant belief.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Lindle Shrable and Chester Shrable; and a sister, Anna L. Martin.

Dr. Corneill Thielemier, 90, of Pocahontas, brother of Mary Ann Graddy of Clover Bend, died June 30, 2008, at Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas. Funeral is today at 2 p.m. at McNabb Funeral Home with Father John Marconi officiating. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery.